Your defense budget is going up far faster than theirs and they are well aware of it.
I said China spent billions on Russian hardware for decades out of necessity. If you had the technological know-how back in the mid 1940's you would never have given Russia a nickel for their stuff. You would have done it yourselves. But necessity required you to rely on them until you became self-sufficient in making your own. You guys feared Japan or the US was going to roll on you again and so the Russians happily sold you stuff to allay those fears. In fact you still worry about Japan even to this day with Abe in office. Do you see the US worrying about Japan or Abe? Do you really think the US is worried about Japan invading any of our islands...yeah right.
Who said you took orders from them. Who says India will have to suddenly take orders from the USA?
Why do you think the similar fears you had over Japan or the US over the past decades is not applicable to the fears your neighbors have against you??? Can't you see the obvious similarities????
Do you think India worries about the USA more than China militarily?
Ask the same questions to other countries around you.
Our defense budget is bigger that doesn't mean that all are assigned against India, the bigh chunk of this budget is to defend against Japan and US on Pacifc front.
Russia military is just a windown opportunity, we're not rely on them for our core defense that's why we could allow ourself to halt any contracts such IL76 when Russia was trying to jack up the price. Russia know that we're not at 1960s which we were totally at their mercy for technical assistance.
As for Japan, you must be the mind reader to tell that we feared them
, in WWII they could bomb us we couldn't retaliate but nowaday, the entire Japan is between our reach. And for U.S, in the contrary American fear not Chinese military but China's rise and to catch up that's why they're so desperated to sell China's threat around the world.
It will be so obvious If India join the U.S lead naval operation, it will have to take order from US as how Phillipine and Japan did, they wouldn't dare to take initiative on their own that could compromise US geopilitical interest...any Indian declaration or statement will have to get U.S approval.
As for the similarities, it's just a total bullsh1ts, China fear Japan + US? we can say the same about Japan and US, both fear China that's why they need alliance to face China, they just couldn't handle China on their own. As for the rest of our neighbors, if they're paranoid about China, it's their problems, any action taken against China will expect reaction or retaliation.
